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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference
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Chapter 1 Basic System Commands
show file
show file
To display the contents of a file on the local memory, use the
show file
command.
show file
[
filesystem
:
]
[//
server
/]
[
directory
]
filename
Syntax Description
Note
There can be no spaces in the
filesystem://server/directory/filename
string. Individual elements of this
string are separated by colons (:) and slashes (/).
Command Default
None
Command Modes
EXEC mode
Command History
Examples
This example shows how to display the contents of a file:
switch#
show file ent-mod.lic
If the file that you want to display is a directory, the command will return an error message:
switch#
show file bootflash:///routing-sw
/bin/showfile: /bootflash/routing-sw: Is a directory
Related Commands
filesystem:
(Optional) Name of the file system. Valid values are
bootflash
,
modflash
,
or
volatile
.
//
server
/
(Optional) Name of the server. Valid values are
///
,
//module-1/
,
//sup-1/
,
//sup-active/
, or
//sup-local/
. The double slash (
//
) is required.
directory
(Optional) Name of a directory. The directory name is case sensitive.
filename
Name of the file to delete. The filename is case sensitive.
Release
Modification
4.0(0)N1(1a)
This command was introduced.
Command
Description
cd
Changes the current working directory.
dir
Displays the directory contents.
pwd
Displays the name of the current working directory.
